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THE YOUNG VIGILANTES
Walter and Bill tramping across the Isthmus.—Page 132.
THE YOUNG VIGILANTES
A STORY OF CALIFORNIA
LIFE IN THE FIFTIES
BY
SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE
Author of "Watch Fires of '76," "On Plymouth Rock," "Decisive Events in American History Series," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY L. J. BRIDGMAN